“Are you SIO on this, ma’am?” I asked. The senior investigating officer on a serious crime was usually at the very least a detective inspector, not a sergeant. “Of course not,” said Stephanopoulis. “We have a DCI on loan from Havering CID but he’s adopted a loose collaborative management approach in which experienced officers undertake a lead role in areas where they have greatest expertise.” In other words he’d locked himself in his office and let Stephanopoulis get on with it. “It’s always gratifying to see senior officers adopt a forward-looking posture in their vertical relationships,” I
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